Educational materials and programs are often used as one method within a comprehensive strategy. School nurses and parents address children’s asthma needs daily and can be key partners in ensuring children’s well-being. There is very little scientific knowledge about how parents and school nurses communicate about pediatric asthma. Montgomery Asthma Initiative Resources (Montgomery AIR), a coalition of more than 80 public, private, and non-profit agencies and organizations has undertaken activities to reduce pediatric asthma hospitalization rates. To assist their efforts, we conducted a research project to understand what information parents and school nurses have and would like to have about pediatric asthma. During winter 2001, we convened a focus group of elementary school nurses and eight focus groups of parents of children with asthma, 5-7 years old. This information can be used to develop educational strategies and materials to improve nurse-parent communication about pediatric asthma and to focus programs on the informational needs of both groups of caregivers.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, participants in this session will be able to: 1. List what information school nurses and parents have and would like to have. 2. Describe how the similarities and differences in nurses’ and parents’ views can affect school-related asthma programs. 3. Describe science-based elements of a comprehensive strategy to address pediatric asthma.
Keywords: Asthma, Education
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.